*kakǭ

Runic: ᚲᚨᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.kɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

cake

Etymology

Unknown. The relationship with Lithuanian gúogas (‘skull’) by supposed Proto-Indo-European *gag-, *gōg- (‘something round, something lumpy’) is highly doubtful. Compare *kōkô (‘cake’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kakǭkakōniz
Acc.kakōnųkakōnunz
Gen.kakōnizkakōnǫ̂
Dat.kakōnikakōmaz
Inst.kakōnēkakōmiz
Voc.kakǭkakōniz

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Descendants

  • *kakā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • coca (Old Dutch)
      • coca (Catalan)
        • coca (English)
  • *kakā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ceace, *cieċil, cyċel, ciċel, *kakilaz (Old English)
      • kichel (Middle English)
  • *kakā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *kaka, *koka (Old Saxon)
      • koke (Middle Low German)
        • koke (Low German)
  • *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō) (Proto-Norse)
    • *kakku (Proto-Finnic)
    • *kākkō (Proto-Samic)
  • *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō) (Proto-Norse)
    • kaka (Old Norse)
      • køka, kaka (Faroese)
      • kake (Gutnish)
      • kaka (Icelandic)
      • kake (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • kâga (Scanian)
  • *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō) (Proto-Norse)
    • kaka (Old Norse)
      • cake, kake, caake, cayk (Middle English)
        • cake (English)
        • kyek (Geordie)
        • cáca (Irish)
        • cake, cyaak, kyaak (Scots)
        • cacen (Welsh)
        • caake, kaake (Yola)
  • *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō) (Proto-Norse)
    • kaka (Old Norse)
      • kakæ (Old Danish)
        • kage (Danish)
          • kaagi (Greenlandic)
          • kake (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *ᚲᚨᚲᛟ (*kakō) (Proto-Norse)
    • kaka (Old Norse)
      • kaka (Old Swedish)
        • kaka (Swedish)

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